750 word essay on podcasts

Write 750 word essay on Podcasts

What is a podcast
why is a podcast made
who the audience
where the platforms

What is a podcast?
A podcast is audio or video files published in episdoes these can be available for downlaoad on a computer or a mobile device.
Podcasts are episodes of a program available on the Internet. For podcast listeners, podcasts are a way to enjoy great content from around the world for free. There are many different types of podcasts these are shown below:

Types of podcasts
the panel show
The interview
The solo podcast
Co-hosted podcast
Conversational Podcast
Motivational Podcast
Fiction Story telling Podcast
Hybrid podcast
Repurposed content

Podcasts are actually quite expensive in general you can expect to pay $200-$500 for a good quality podcast. On the extreme ends, you can start a decent podcast for around $100 and for the best of the best, most professional podcast possible, you can expect to dish out around $5,000. 

Podcasts are usually original audio or video recordings, but can also be recorded broadcasts of a television or radio program, a lecture, a performance, or other event. 
Also, there are many different types of genre for  podcasts

The genre types for a podcast
sex 
news
sports
tech podcasts
music
tv
the interview cast
educational
q-podders
Shock Jock
Skits
Film
Sci-Fi
Radio Dramas
couple casts
God-casts
Gaming
politics

Who are the audience for a podcast
the following ages for a podcast are shown below
15-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65+

However, in the united Kingdom there is an specific audience for particular people
56 percent Men
44 percent Woman
51 percent 4 year degree or Higher
21 percent 100k or Higher
41 percent 75k or Higher

What is the origin of a podcast 
The original of a podcast is early 21st century as it was made around this time two people went on to the people who developed it.
Adam Curry and Dave Winer are credited with the invention of podcasting. But in the end these are the two guys who got it rolling. The term podcasting was mentioned by Ben Hammersley in The Guardian newspaper article. The word Podcast is a portmanteau word, formed by combining iPod and broadcast. The term podcasting as a name for the technology was first suggested by The Guardian columnist and BBC journalist Ben Hammersley, who invented it in early February 2004 while padding out an article for The Guardian newspaper.



Where the platforms for a podcast
There are many different platforms for a podcast these are shown below
Radio
Youtube
BBC Iplayer
Amazon Music
Apple Music
Spotify
Deezer
Sticher

For all these platforms podcasts come here and there but its not always often as sometimes it takes long for podcasts to be made, edited and uploaded on youtube espcially the podcasts that take longer than 2 hours or in general. When it comes to the radio since most of the weekly people/podcast listeners decidate 4 hours per week 4-5 shows or how many shows come on average on the day the ideal length for a podcast on  radio is no longer than one hour and at least 30 minutes. At least 40% of the podcast listeners consume all podcasts at work, in the car or on their mobile devices.

For BBC IPlayer, Amazon music, Apple music, Deezer podcasts are always uploaded but can sometimes take very long espcially when these podcasts long. When it comes to the podcast ad revenue because of all this information about it being on Podcast ad revenue is expected to reach $1.6 billion by 2022. 61.2% of podcast listeners spend more time every week listening to podcasts than they do watching TV. When it comes to podcast listening platforms, 52% people use Apple Podcasts, 19% Spotify, 4.6% Stitcher, and 21% use other platforms. In general a podcast shouldn't be too long on these platforms if you would like to produce daly content on these platforms the podcast should be kept short perhaps the maximum length should be between 10 and 15 minutes. If you are looking at a weekly schedule for it to be on platforms aim for a maximum of 60 minutes and monthly podcasts can be up to 90 minutes.

Why is a Podcast made?
A podcast is made because it can be used as a subscriptin model where newepsiodes of the podcast can be automatically downloaded through a web's syndication to a user's own local computer, portable media player or a mobile application. The purpose of a podcast is that it allows you to porduce long term content for other people to then view.

It is called a podcast becasue it is combined from two word Ipod and Broadcast when this term became popular most people were using Apples Ipod to start to listen to podcasts.


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